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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sven sell to get money for a lawyer for Margery?
(a) Grandfather's silver fob watch.
(b) A horse.
(c) Mother's gold locket.
(d) A cow.

2. In Chapter 16, near what creek do Margery and Beth start warning people that the water is rising?
(a) Spring.
(b) Goose.
(c) Obion.
(d) Mayfield.

3. In Chapter 16, what dead animal does Margery see as she pulls William from the water?
(a) Cow.
(b) Goat.
(c) Dog.
(d) Rabbit.

4. When do Sven and Margery marry?
(a) Late October.
(b) Mid-September.
(c) Early October.
(d) Late September.

5. In Chapter 25, who goes up to the McCullough house first?
(a) Beth.
(b) Alice.
(c) Izzy.
(d) Kathleen.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, what song does Izzy sing as she helps get little girls to her car?

2. What is the weather like in Chapter 27 as Alice gets ready to leave town?

3. In Chapter 23, what song does Izzy sing on the steps of the courthouse?

4. What river does Beth say broke its banks the last time it rained as heavily as it is in Chapter 16?

5. In Chapter 26, what book does Verna say that her father was returning to the library?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does it rain in Chapter 16?

2. What does the McCullough house look like?

3. In Chapter 26, where does Alice go before the trial begins and what does she take with her?

4. In Chapter 27, why does Margery decide to stay in Baileyville?

5. Why does Sophia tell Margery that she needs to get married?

6. What does Fred learn about Alice and Bennett's marriage in Chapter 27, and why does the news make him happy?

7. When and why does Mrs. Brady visit Margery in the jail?

8. What experience does Sophia have as a midwife?

9. How does Margery save William in Chapter 16?

10. What did Nancy Stone say that got Margery arrested?

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